I was always interested in teaching but got into software. When my siblings got settled in their professional lives, then I gave up the software job, distributed most of my income among my siblings and got into teaching.
Now I work more than earlier but earn far less. However, I do not miss my earlier days at all.
Some, rather most organizations reject his CV today because he has changed jobs frequently (10 in 14 years). My friend, the ˜job hopper™ (referred here as Mr. JH), does not mind it. well he does not need to mind it at all. Having worked full-time with 10 employer companies in just 14 years gives Mr. JH the relaxing edge that most of the ˜company loyal™ employees are struggling for today. Today, Mr. JH too is laid off like some other 14-15 year experienced guys “ the difference being the latter have just worked in 2-3 organizations in the same number of years. Here are the excerpts of an interview with Mr. JH:
Q: Why have you changed 10 jobs in 14 years?
A: To get financially sound and stable before getting laid off the second time.
Q: So from Jan 2003 to Jan 2009, in 6 years, you have changed 8 jobs to make the count as 10 jobs in 14 years?
A: I had no other option. In my first 8 years of professional life, I had worked only for 2 organizations thinking that jobs are deserved after lot of hard work and one should stay with an employer company to justify the saying ˜employer loyalty™. But I was an idiot.
Re: Really Job Hopping does not give satisfaction, only MONEY
by Argumentative Indian on Mar 13, 2012 03:02 PM
Q: Why do you say so?
A: My salary in the first 8 years went up only marginally. I could not save enough and also, I had thought that I had a ˜permanent™ job, so I need not worry about ˜what will I do if I lose my job™. I could never imagine losing a job because of economic slowdown and not because of my performance. That was January 2002. Q: What have you gained by doing such things?
A: That's the question I was waiting for. In Jan 2003, I had a fixed salary (without variables) of say Rs. X p.a. In January 2009, my salary was 8X. So assuming my salary was Rs.3 lakh p.a. in Jan 2003, my last drawn salary in Jan 2009 was Rs.24 lakh p.a. (without variable). I never bothered about variable as I had no intention to stay for 1 year and go through the appraisal process to wait for the company to give me a hike.
Q: So you decided on your own hike?
A: Yes, in 2003, I could see the slowdown coming again in future like it had happened in 2001-02. Though I was not sure by when the next slowdown would come, I was pretty sure I wanted a ˜debt-free™ life before being laid off again. So I planned my hike targets on a yearly basis without waiting for the year to complete.
Q: So are you debt-free now?
A: Yes, I earned so much by virtue of job changes for money and spent so little that today I have a loan free 2 BR flat (1200 sq.. feet) plus a loan free big car without bothering about any EMIs. I am laid off too but I do not complain at a
Re: Really Job Hopping does not give satisfaction, only MONEY
by Argumentative Indian on Mar 13, 2012 03:03 PM
Q: Why do you say so?
A: My salary in the first 8 years went up only marginally. I could not save enough and also, I had thought that I had a ˜permanent™ job, so I need not worry about ˜what will I do if I lose my job™. I could never imagine losing a job because of economic slowdown and not because of my performance. That was January 2002. Q: What have you gained by doing such things?
A: That's the question I was waiting for. In Jan 2003, I had a fixed salary (without variables) of say Rs. X p.a. In January 2009, my salary was 8X. So assuming my salary was Rs.3 lakh p.a. in Jan 2003, my last drawn salary in Jan 2009 was Rs.24 lakh p.a. (without variable). I never bothered about variable as I had no intention to stay for 1 year and go through the appraisal process to wait for the company to give me a hike.
Q: So you decided on your own hike?
A: Yes, in 2003, I could see the slowdown coming again in future like it had happened in 2001-02. Though I was not sure by when the next slowdown would come, I was pretty sure I wanted a ˜debt-free™ life before being laid off again. So I planned my hike targets on a yearly basis without waiting for the year to complete.
Q: So are you debt-free now?
A: Yes, I earned so much by virtue of job changes for money and spent so little that today I have a loan free 2 BR flat (1200 sq.. feet) plus a loan free big car without bothering about any EMIs. I am laid off too but I do not complain at
Re: Re: Really Job Hopping does not give satisfaction, only MONEY
by Argumentative Indian on Mar 13, 2012 03:04 PM
Q: Who is complaining?
A: All those guys who are not getting a job to pay their EMIs off are complaining. They had made fun of me saying I am a job hopper and do not have any company loyalty. Now I ask them what they gained by their company loyalty; they too are laid off like me and pass comments to me “ why will you bother about us, you are already debt-free. They were still in the bracket of 12-14 lakh p.a. when they were laid off.
Q: What is your advice to professionals?
A: Like Narayan Murthy had said “ love your job and not your company because you never know when your company will stop loving you. In the same lines, love yourself and your family needs more than the company's needs. Companies can keep coming and going; family will always remain the same. Make money for yourself first and simultaneously make money for the company, not the other way around
Re: Changing Career
by Argumentative Indian on Mar 13, 2012 02:55 PM
Absolutely. When I look at the colony watchman (at my parents' house) I'm always so overwhelmed to see him. The same old Chacha. Same old Nepali. Same old salary. Same old job.
He never said I want to change carriers and go to school to become say an electrician. No Siree.
Now see where he is today. Kitna Naam Kamaya. Even myself, a senior exec with an MNC calls him Chacha.
When he retires and goes back to whichever village he came from in Nepal, far away from the hustle & bustle of city life, far away from any salary or medical assistance, we will all fondly remember him and his "Jogte Raho".
Very Good.
BTW, talking of Chacha's retirement, could you share your Contacts please? We're looking for the next Bakra, OOoops, I meant Chacha who will spend the next 30 / 40 years yelling at the top of his voice all night in bad weather, for a piddly salary.
Yours truly, An Indian Opportunist, a.k.a. Mai Baap.
people like rabindranath tagore or some scientists of oldage never went to schools even if they are so famous that they created histroy of revolutions.
A Doctor or Engineer from South Indian families is a rule rather than exception, in spite of the fact that there are several prospective avenues to choose for the youngsters. At school level most of the children are at a cross road not able to decide which career to choose. Often children are lured by the career selected by their friends; without even bothering to introspect if they could fit in the line selected. In India people opt for career by chance and not by choice. Hence, lot of frustration and feeling of failure creeps in, many a times hoping from one job to the other, veering like a weather cork. Our Edn. system is to be blamed, where emphasis is not laid on basics or fundamentals in the subjects. Children now a days just mug up and reproduce without even using the logic and get 98% 99% marks. However, when the same students appear for the interview, they possess the degrees for the name sake and found unfit in the job market. Either they have possessed the degree through back channel or through cheating. Lastly, money is the biggest factor in influencing and selection of careers. People realize late in their middle age when they are squeezed of their energy. Monotony and boredom sets in when the dissatisfaction creeps in leading to adverse consequences. Here, one works like a machine lacking interest. People stop enjoying work and relentlessly strive to earn maximum money at the cost of health and peace of mind. Such people stop to live and are living dead bodies.
Re: Career Selection - A crucial decision in life.
by Vijayendra Vakil on Mar 12, 2012 12:19 PM
In India, if father wanted to be something in life but couldn’t. Then it become his son’s sin. And son has to wash it by becoming / achieving that.
